Daily life in a German prison

Around 44,000 men and women are incarcerated in Germany's approximately 170 prisons. About 1,800 are serving time for murder, while most are incarcerated for assault, robbery, theft or drug-related offenses. One of them is Marcel M., serving time in Berlin's Plotzensee Prison. A repeat offender, he calls it "Stealing, stealing, stealing - all for the addiction." Marcel was living with a drug addiction, it's landed him in prison several times. He's already spent a third of his life behind bars.

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